Dutch 3rd Rate Revolutie from NavWar

Gunner was kind enough to sell me 10 of his unused NavWar and Devco 1:1200 ships. I received them in good time last Friday, thank you Gunner! ( I wish there was a 'Good Trader' button on this ship so I could push it for you.)

After looking through the ships I decided on the 3rd rate Dutch SOL Revolutie. The Revolutie was a Dutch 3rd rate ship of the line carrying a nominal 68 carriage guns. It was launched June 15th, 1779 at Rotterdam. It was captured by the British on August 17th, 1796 and renamed the HMS Prince Frederick.

Wow, what a difference with these ships. It took way more work than I had anticipated to get a decent model that would go on the table with my Langton and GHQ ships. Everything I had to do is layed out on my blogsite http://volsminiatures.blogspot.com/.

Here are some photos of the result:

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Here is a comparison shot with Langton's HMS Glatton:

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So I'm happy with the way it turned out and I plan to build the rest of them......eventually!

Nice rigging work.

Verry nice, indeed.

Very nice. I am impressed by the modifications you made.

I always thought I was good, untill now. I bow to the master rigger. NavWar never looked so good.

And here is more evidence of why I can't wait for the SoG ships to become available. :(
I can't even get the masts to point the right way, let alone even think of attempting to do the rigging.

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Originally Posted by Sea Gull

And here is more evidence of why I can't wait for the SoG ships to become available. :(
I can't even get the masts to point the right way, let alone even think of attempting to do the rigging.

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You are in very good company. Be careful, though. I have found that looking at pictures here and on the Aerodrome has inspired me to try my hand at some WWI plane repaints and an Age-of-Sail model. The talent of our fellow mates is seductive.

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Originally Posted by Sea Gull

And here is more evidence of why I can't wait for the SoG ships to become available. :(
I can't even get the masts to point the right way, let alone even think of attempting to do the rigging.

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Look at the bright side, with the SoG ship already built and painted, you can practice rigging it.

With my luck I'd spend 2 months getting a simple 'one-strand' rigging done which just joins the three masts only to have the ship lose it's rigging within the first move or two of the game. :p

You did a great work, Vol.

Nice!

Nice work,truley inspiring

Excellent work!